WHETHER IT IS necessary or advisable to take dietary supplements is a controversial issue. But we can all agree that if we are taking supplements, we don’t want small stones and small pieces of metal in them. It’s bad luck ...

A MAN HAS been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 32 years, at Snaresbrook Crown Court. He was named as Vasile Gorghescu, 47, of Rayner Gardens, Southampton. Gorghescu was convicted at the same court of murdering Chaudhary ...

A UNITED pensioner community came out to welcome Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s winter fuel payment last week. The launch was held to mark fuethe day when letters were sent out to pensioners eligible to claim the Council’s payment. Mayor Rahman was ...

IT’S JAIL for three years and a decade on the sexual offenders’ register for Sobirjon Boltaev, 26, of Lawton Road, Leyton. That is the penalty for committing a sexual assault on a woman on the streets of Stratford. The assault ...

THERE’S LOTS of shopping opportunities on the Isle of Dogs – one major supermarket and small versions of others. The large one is crowded, with queues at the till most of the time. The small versions are often untidy and ...

LIANNE GORDON lost her life nearly a year ago. Now Joshua Alexander, 17 has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering the Hackney resident. The Judge ordered that he must serve a minimum of 29 years. The teen was sentenced ...

ANOTHER LABELLING mistake has led to another major product recall. The retailer is Waitrose. Their Waitrose Chinese Takeaway Bag for 2 contains molluscs – but this fact is not recorded on the label. Significant numbers of people have an allergy ...

POLICE HAVE now charged a man with attempted murder after a serious assault took place in Stratford on 19th August. The charge came just days after police issued a CCTV image of a man they wished to speak to in ...

IN A MAJOR error, Tesco labelled its own-brand Chicken Tsukune Skewers sa “use by 23rd December”. The label should have read “use by 10th December”. The product contains 8 skewers, and this is reflected on the label. A chicken product ...

IT WAS ONE teen against another back in February: one of them died, and one of them was found guilty of manslaughter at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 29th November. Police established the basics of what happened very quickly. Just before ...